Antonin Scalia Fast Facts

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U.S. Supreme Court Police pallbearers carry Associate Justice Antonin Scalia's flag-covered casket between rows of Catholic clergy and out of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception after his funeral on Saturday, February 20, in Washington.

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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, center, and former Justice David Souter, right, walk down the steps of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at the end of the funeral.

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Former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens departs from the funeral for Scalia.

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The Rev. Paul Scalia, son of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, leads the funeral Mass for his father on February 20.

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Justice Clarence Thomas delivers a reading during the funeral Mass fo February 20.

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Scalia's casket is taken into the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on February 20 in Washington.

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Maureen Scalia, right, arrives for the funeral for her husband on February 20.

People look at a portrait of Scalia while paying their respects in Washington on February 19.

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Scalia's son Paul, a Catholic priest, leads a prayer for his father during the private ceremony at the Supreme Court.

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Family members watch as Scalia's casket is carried up the steps of the Supreme Court building on February 19.

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Law clerks line the steps of the Supreme Court building on February 19. "As is the tradition, Justice Scalia's law clerks will stand vigil by his side at the Court all day tomorrow and through the night," tweeted Kannon Shanmugam, who clerked for Scalia.

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Pallbearers carry Scalia's casket on February 19.

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People wait in line outside the Supreme Court on February 19.

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People watch as Scalia's casket is carried toward the Supreme Court building.

January 2004 - Scalia takes a duck hunting trip in Louisiana with Vice President Cheney, three weeks after the Supreme Court agrees to hear the case of Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

April 7, 2004- Tapes of a speech Scalia gave at a Mississippi high school, recorded by two journalists, are erased at the request of a United States deputy marshal, triggering outrage from journalism groups.

March 18, 2004- Scalia issues a 21-page memo in which he explains his reasons for not recusing himself from the Cheney case.

March 27, 2006- The Boston Herald reports that Scalia made "an obscene gesture, flicking his hand under his chin" in response to a question about whether lawyers might question his impartiality in matters of church and state. Scalia later writes a letter to the editor that the gesture was not obscene at all, but an attempt at being dismissive.

October 21, 2006- States in a speech at the National Italian American Foundation that issues like abortion and suicide rights have nothing to do with the Constitution, and unelected judges too often choose to find new rights at the expense of the democratic process.